Jaguars' Naeole Arrested After Fight

THE MORNING BUZZ

June 29, 2004

Police used a Taser to subdue Jacksonville Jaguars guard Chris Naeole before arresting him on a charge of disorderly conduct. Naeole, 29, got into in a shoving match with employees of the Ritz Bar in Jacksonville Beach as the bar was closing early Sunday, according to a police report. Despite a police officer's order to stop, Naeole lunged again at an employee, and the officer used the Taser, the report said.

Naeole, who is 6 feet 3 and about 320 pounds, was taken to the Duval County jail and later released, a jail official said. Jaguars spokesman Dan Edwards declined to comment Monday. Naeole was a first-round draft choice in 1997 who played five seasons with the New Orleans Saints before joining the Jaguars in 2002.

MORE NFL: The Chicago Bears signed second-round draft pick Tank Johnson to a five-year contract. The defensive end from Washington was the 47th overall selection in the NFL draft.

OLYMPICS: MAIN COMPLEX TO BE READY

Construction at the main Olympic sports complex will be finished just before the opening ceremony for the Athens Games. The stadium has been beset by major delays, but Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava says not to worry.

"Everything will be completed the day before the start of the games,'' Calatrava said. Calatrava's comments seem to contradict promises by Greek officials to finish the complex in mid-July for the Aug. 13-29 games. A steel-and-glass roof for the main stadium was so delayed that the International Olympic Committee had considered asking Athens organizers to cancel it. Most of the work on the roof was completed on June 4.

MORE OLYMPICS: A boxer who was Pakistan's best hope for a medal was barred from the Athens Games for using a prohibited weight-loss drug. Nauman Karim, declared Asia's best boxer this year, tested positive after the South Asian Federation Games in Islamabad in April.

COURTS: MEDIA CHALLENGING JUDGE'S ORDER

Media organizations that were accidentally sent transcripts of a closed-door hearing in the Kobe Bryant case asked the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a judge's order threatening them with contempt of court if they publish or even retain the information. A court reporter who meant to send transcripts of the June 21-22 hearing to the judge instead e-mailed them last Thursday to seven media groups, including The Associated Press.

State District Judge Terry Ruckriegle then ordered those groups to destroy their copies without publishing them. The order amounts to prior restraint of the press, which the U.S. Supreme Court has never permitted, even in cases of national security, said attorney Tom Kelley, who asked the Colorado Supreme Court to consider the challenge quickly. In addition to the AP, the other organizations involved in the challenge to Ruckriegle's order are the Denver Post, the Los Angeles Times, CBS, Fox News, ESPN and the television show Celebrity Justice.

TRACK: MONTGOMERY WILL APPEAL

Tim Montgomery will go to an international arbitration panel to contest a possible lifetime ban sought by U.S. doping officials. Montgomery's legal team informed the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of its decision to appeal to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: SENDEK FLATTERED

NC State basketball Coach Herb Sendek talked about Julius Hodge's offseason workouts and Ilian Evtimov's recovery from knee surgery. Sendek did not want to talk about rumors linking his name to the vacant Ohio State job.

"It's obviously flattering anytime your name comes up," Sendek said. "It's also flattering to be the coach at North Carolina State." Sendek has been rumored to be a possible candidate to replace Jim O'Brien, who was fired earlier this month. Sendek spent three seasons as coach at Miami of Ohio before taking over the Wolfpack before the 1996-97 season.

GOLF: MICKELSON, COUPLES LEAD SKINS

Phil Mickelson and Fred Couples each won $30,000 for being closest to the pin three times, but no hole money was earned in the first round of the Par 3 Shootout skins event in Gaylord, Mich. All the hole skins money -- $20,000 each hole for $180,000 total -- carries over to the final nine holes today, making the 10th hole of the event worth $200,000. Lee Trevino won $20,000 and Fuzzy Zoeller won $10,000.

MORE GOLF: The father-and-son team of Jay and Bill Haas eagled the eighth hole and shot an 11-under 60 in best-ball play to share the halfway lead at the CVS Charity Classic in Barrington, R.I., with David Toms and Chad Campbell. Jeff Sluman and Rocco Mediate are third.

NHL: SANDERSON RETURNS TO BLUE JACKETS

The Columbus Blue Jackets claimed veteran forward Geoff Sanderson off waivers and exercised next season's option on goaltender Karl Goehring. Sanderson, 32, is Columbus' all-time leader with 88 goals and 168 points in three-plus seasons. He was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in March for a third-round draft pick, which was used on goalie Dan Lacosta.